Inequality on Many Levels
Most women would know the names of the suffragettes who fought hard votes for women, the likes of Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison who threw herself in front of the King’s horse during the 1913 Epsom Derby and died for
The Competition for Dollars, Who Will be Disqualified
At the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games a series of images were used to embody what is known as the Olympic Spirit. One such image was of Tanzanian Marathon runner John Akwhari who in Mexico in 1968 famously came staggering into
No Fun Being a Lady
There has been a huge debate on racism in sport in Australia over the past month, but what about sexism in sport in Australia? It was interesting to read during Wimbledon nine time champion of the tournament Martina Navratilova say
Is Sport Beginning to Defy Belief?
This week the International Amateur Athletic Federation, the sport’s governing body – despite there being very few amateurs these days – came under fire, accused of failing ‘to act on suspicious blood tests involving hundreds of athletes between 2001 and
